Reports of Callers Passing Themselves Off As Allegiance Administrators, LLC

Your phone rings and it is difficult to ignore. Telephone calls are tougher to tune out. And because telephone calls are still considered a secure form of communication, voice phishing scams take advantage of consumers’ trust.

Allegiance Administrators, LLC (“Allegiance”) has had several reports that people have been contacted by telephone solicitors that identify themselves either within the call itself or by caller ID that the caller has an association with Allegiance. Allegiance has canvassed its partners and has determined that no one associated with Allegiance is performing this activity.

In voice phishing or “vishing” scams, callers impersonate legitimate companies to steal money and personal and financial information. And these scams are on the rise. In fact, the Federal Trade Commission reports that 34 percent of its fraud complaints involve phone calls.

Vishing calls are made via Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”). Thousands or millions of VoIP calls can be made around the world in an instant. And because these calls are made over the Internet, they are nearly untraceable. Vishing scammers also use recordings and caller ID “spoofing” (falsifying caller ID information) to hide from law enforcement and further avoid detection.

Tips to Avoid Being a Victim of Vishing:

When a caller claims to represent a specific company, ask for his or her name or employee number and call the company back using an independent and trusted source. Do not call the number provided by the caller.

Avoid providing personal or financial information over the phone, especially if you did not initiate the call.

How to Report Vishing:

Notify Allegiance that it is being impersonated so it can alert others. You can email our legal team at legal@alltpa.com.

Remember that “vishers” are criminals and typically do not honor the “Do Not Call” list. These criminals are bent on stealing people’s money and information (a crime), they do not abide by regulations to call during restricted hours and they are not dissuaded by the fact that a person’s number is on the “no call” list.

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